Snake Born With Arm

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"An elderly Chinese woman who discovered a snake with a clawed hand protruding from its body was so scared she beat it to death, according to reports.

Xiu Qiong Duan, 68, told the SINA Beijing news agency she woke up in the middle of the night to find the snake clinging to the wall of her bedroom.

"I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound ... at first I thought it was thieves" she said.

"I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw."

Ms Duan, from Suining in southwest China, said she then grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death.

She reportedly preserved its body in a bottle of alcohol which she gave to the Life Sciences Department at China's West Normal University in Nanchang.

Snake expert Long Shuai said the discovery of the creature, which is 40cm long and the thickness of a little finger, was "truly shocking".

"We won't know the cause until we've conducted an autopsy," she said."

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OH GOD, WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?!?!?! Anyway... *faps furiously*
 
Eh. Snakes used to have appendages. Not surprised.
 
That would be...quite something to wake up to.

I think she did the right thing. :O
 
The snakes are turning into lizards.

Sneaky bastards.
 
Aww, poor thing <3
 
Holy crap, i wouldn't have killed it. I would have shoved it in a box, and went around the school yelling, "I got a mutant! Bow down to the snake that has an arm!" or something like that.
 
Yeah. You know how there's some remnants of certain traits our ancestors used to have are still in our DNA somewhere, just not active? Well, they can be made active or sometimes just randomly become active.

I once saw a TV program where some scientists tried to genetically engineer a dinosaur from a chicken. They were able to give the chicken teeth and scales by activating some of these dormant traits.

Same thing with human tails and whale legs. Our ancestors had tails, so once in a while, a human with a tail will show up.

The ancestors of snakes were lizard-like creatures with legs, so this snake probably was born with the "arm trait" slightly active, resulting in the deformed claw you see in the picture.

Looks pretty awesome. Snakes walking on four legs like lizards would be awesome.
 
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